http://conreport.wizarduniverse.com Wizard Universe’s breaking news blog for all the announcements—as they happen—from the convention front. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:00:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, I'm back from DragonCon, rested and ready to get back to Blogging! I touched on Costume Contests last time, and I think that's a topic that needs to be visited again. So this week will be all about how to win a Costume Contest!! The most basic rule of contests is to ... http://conreport.wizarduniverse.com/2009/09/11/convention-pre-planning-part-4/ Now that the Con Recovery phase is all done, it's time to get back to planning for a convention!! Ok, we've covered a lot so far. And there's always more to cover! This Con Pre-Planning Blog can go on for years! But it probably won't. Mostly because ... http://conreport.wizarduniverse.com/2009/08/28/convention-pre-planning-part-3/ Well, last week was Chicago Comic Con, and it was AWESOME!! Exhausting, but awesome. We had higher than ever attendance, in fact, it was our highest number of attendees ever at any convention we've ever held!! The dealer's floor was PACKED! We had 100 more Artist ... http://conreport.wizarduniverse.com/2009/08/18/chicago-comic-con-09-wrap-up/ We interrupt our regularly scheduled Convention Pre-Planning Report to bring you... A LIVE REPORT FROM CHICAGO COMIC CON!!!! Of course, the show doesn't actually start until tomorrow, but we're here now setting up the show! The Volunteers are stuffing bags and laying out stacks of Wizard and ToyFare magazines, the Registration ... http://conreport.wizarduniverse.com/2009/08/05/chicago-comic-con/ Ok, so back for another Blog post! Where did we leave off last week? Ahh yes. Planning to go to a Convention. We've covered the hotel, flight, parking, passes, food and bags. What else is there? Ahh yes, spending money! Don't kid yourself. You are going to spend ... http://conreport.wizarduniverse.com/2009/07/24/convention-pre-planning-part-2/ Heading off to a convention can be an exciting, yet daunting task. There's just so much to get done before the big day! Booking travel, hotels, con passes... Then there's packing, getting your costume ready, gathering all your singables in one place... It's enough to drive lesser people mad! ... http://conreport.wizarduniverse.com/2009/07/16/convention-pre-planning-part-1/ Greetings Volunteer. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada. Or something like that. So, you say you love going to conventions but you hate standing in line? Well you know who doesn't spend all their time at the con standing ... http://conreport.wizarduniverse.com/2009/07/10/volunteering-101/ Well, it's been a few days since the show, and it's been a couple of weeks since I posted here, so I figured now was the time! Sorry about the gap in Blogs, all six people who read this, but as the Coordinator for Wizard World, the last 2 weeks before ... http://conreport.wizarduniverse.com/2009/06/25/wizard-world-philly-after-report/ I get asked this a lot from people I meet who have never been to a show, "What are Comic Comic Conventions really like? Will there be anything for me to do? Will I get bored?" Really? OF COURSE THERE ARE THINGS TO DO!! You have to try really ... http://conreport.wizarduniverse.com/2009/06/05/con-first-timers/ Well, after a quick jaunt to say hi to some old and new friends at the show, I did marvel at how much bigger the Motor City show has gotten over the years. I think the last one I went to was in 2001 or so, and in comparison, ... http://conreport.wizarduniverse.com/2009/05/29/motor-city-part-2/